Thanks for the update and announcement! The accessibility with orca is working well, except with some focusing problems with the indicator applet; Not sure Rubin can fix these.
When icedove and pidgin are in the repository, I may put 8 onto my main machine. It's now on a testing machine, where I find that I cannot connect to wireless networks secured by wpa2/psk. Anyone know what's happening with that? Works great on public xfinity hotspots and my wired network.